This role can be based in Illinois or New Jersey and will work out of our Mettawa, IL or Florham Park, NJ office locations. Candidates will be hired at a level commensurate with their experience. 

The Director Migraine PCS lead is responsible for commercial development of multiple migraine agents and indications in various stages of preclinical and clinical development.  Primary responsibilities include leading: (1) identification of unmet patient need in migraine across and acute and preventive landscape (2) partnering with R&D stakeholders to address that unmet need through the AbbVie migraine pipeline, (3) forecasting and valuing multiple commercialization pathways, and (4) positioning/co-positioning pipeline products and creating initial brand stories and evidence plans.

Reporting to the Migraine PCS lead, the Director will also co-lead the cross-functional Brand Strategy Team (BST), collaborating with multiple teams, including R&D, Finance, Market Access, and Market Research to drive both commercial planning and forecasting.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Lead commercial planning, including creation and refinement of value propositions, potential positioning, early lifecycle planning, and associated revenue/cost forecasting
• Lead commercial evaluations of additional potential indications across multiple potential patient populations and sub-populations
• Design and shape clinical and medical evidence generation plans in partnership with R&D
• Participate in cross-functional governance meetings, including go to Phase 2/3 milestones
• Partner with PCS Insights and market research teams to develop and validate value propositions through HCP and patient engagement
• Effectively collaborate with on-market US and International Commercial partners to ensure portfolio alignment
• Develop compelling presentations to convey strategies to broad sets of stakeholder audiences, including senior executives, cross-functional leadership teams, and cross-functional partners for understanding and support of development plans